India

Punjab's Minister of Finance and Planning Manpreet Singh Badal tests positive for COVID19

Darpan News Desk Darpan, 12 Mar, 2021 01:22 AM

Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet Badal tested positive for COVID19 on Thursday. He made the announcement via a Facebook post.

He insisted people who had been in contact with him to get tested immediately.

Amid increasing COVID-19 cases, Ludhiana's District Collector has put in place a night curfew in the district from March 12 between 11 pm to 5 am until further notice.

Police and Army personnel on duty, government employees on duty, essential services, medical emergency are free from that order.

On Thursday, India reported 22,854 new COVID-19 cases, 18,100 recoveries, and 126 deaths in the last 24 hours.

Photo courtesy of Twitter.

Prev Next

MORE India ARTICLES

WATCH: Western Railway Deploys 'Yamraj' To Discourage Trespassing

The Western Railway on Thursday launched an innovative campaign in Mumbai to spread awareness, save lives and discourage trespassing.

WATCH: Western Railway Deploys 'Yamraj' To Discourage Trespassing

Elderly Couple Ends Life In New Clothes, Arrange Materials For Last Rites As They Did Not Want To Burden Son Who Was Ill-Treating Them

An elderly couple in Telangana committed suicide wearing new clothes and after arranging the material required for their last rites, as they did not want to burden their only son, who was ill-treating them.

Elderly Couple Ends Life In New Clothes, Arrange Materials For Last Rites As They Did Not Want To Burden Son Who Was Ill-Treating Them

UP Woman Found Living With Two Corpses For 2 Months

In a shocking incident, a woman was found living with the dead bodies of her mother and sister in the house for over two months in Ayodhya.

UP Woman Found Living With Two Corpses For 2 Months

Blow To India: Moody’s Cuts Credit Rating Outlook To Negative; Govt Rebuts

In a blow to India, Moody’s Investors Service has cut the country’s credit rating outlook to negative--the first step towards a downgrade, saying the government has been partly ineffective in addressing economic weakness, leading to rising risks that growth will remain lower.

Blow To India: Moody’s Cuts Credit Rating Outlook To Negative; Govt Rebuts

Punjab, The Epicentre Of Crop Burning Fires, Sees Low Pollution Levels

For a region that is the epicentre of crop fire burning, Punjab is exhibiting fairly comfortable levels of air quality index (AQI) while many parts of Delhi NCR, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh are showing elevated air pollution levels.

Punjab, The Epicentre Of Crop Burning Fires, Sees Low Pollution Levels

It Was Journey Full Of Affection & Learning: Rahul To SPG

Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday thanked all the personnel of the Special Protection Group (SPG) for dedicatedly protecting him and his family for years and said it was "journey" filled with "affection and learning".